After 18 months of brainstorming, the Horizon 2035 Advisory Committee presented its vision of what future development and public transportation could look like in Sunnyvale at a special city council meeting on Nov. 29.

Nearly 40 people attended the joint study session at the library, joining the planning, sustainability and bicycle and pedestrian advisory commissions.

Founded in 2010, the Horizon 2035 committee’s goal is to review the city’s Land Use and Transportation Element and climate action plan.

The LUTE, required by state law, is part of the city’s General Plan and guides the physical development of the city for the next 20 years. It aims to relate to the city’s vision and citywide goals.

From development downtown to El Camino Real to Moffett Towers, the LUTE oversees everything from the roadway and sidewalks to high-rise buildings.

At the meeting, Gerald Glaser, chair of Horizon 2035, presented an overview of the group’s goals, including solving capacity problems and preserving neighborhoods and open space, while maintaining a variety of land uses. Another key goal was to reduce the city’s carbon footprint by increasing public transit use.

“What we agreed on was we want to increase services we all have and services in our neighborhoods in particular,” Glaser said during the meeting. “We all came here to Sunnyvale for a reason–we like it. So in the background for everything we do, we wanted to preserve and protect those things we like most about the community, and we were conscious of that in every one of the policies we looked at.”

Part of the presentation included a map illustrating possible changing conditions from 2010 to 2035. Presenters emphasized that the majority of the city would remain the same, while the main areas of change–the industrial area north of Highway 101, along El Camino Real and Evelyn Avenue, and near Central Expressway, between Lawrence Expressway and Wolfe Road–are already in different stages of development.

Members of the audience voiced concerns over proposed urban villages and high-density buildings, which could be as tall as four stories.

A few of the sites identified for possible mixed-use, urban villages include the intersections of Fremont and Mary avenues, Fremont Avenue and Sunnyvale Saratoga Road, Homestead Road and Hollenbeck Avenue, and Wolfe and Old San Francisco roads.

Both Glaser and Mayor Melinda Hamilton assured the crowd that the concepts for development were in the beginning stages and that the public will be able to weigh in on the policies at future outreach meetings in the spring. The city council will review the plan for adoption in summer 2012.

For more information on the Horizon 2035 Advisory Committee, Land Use and Transportation Element and climate action plan, visit Horizon2035.inSunnyvale.com.